¹Pamusoro pavana vaAmoni. Zvanzi naJehovha, Ko VaIsiraeri havana vanakomana here? Havana vagari venhaka here? Ko Marikami wagarireiko nhaka yaGadhi, vanhu vake vanogarirei mumaguta ake?

¹Concerning the sons of Ammon: `Thus said Jehovah: Sons — hath Israel none? heir — hath he none? Wherefore hath Malcam possessed Gad? And his people in its cities have dwelt?

²Naizvozvo zvanzi naJehovha, Tarirai, mazuva anosvika, andichanzwisa vanhu mhere yokurwa neRabha ravana vaAmoni; richaitwa murwi wamatongo; ipapo vaIsiraeri vachadya nhaka yavakambodya nhaka yavo.

²Therefore, lo, days are coming, An affirmation of Jehovah, And I have sounded unto Rabbah of the sons of Ammon a shout of battle, And it hath been for a heap — a desolation, And her daughters with fire are burnt, And Israel hath succeeded its heirs, Said hath Jehovah.

³Wungudza iwe Heshibhoni, nekuti Ai raparadzwa, chemai imwi vakunda vaRebha, zvisungei zviuno namasaga, wungudzai, mumhanye kose kose pakati pezhowa, nekuti Marikami uchatapwa, iye navapristi namachinda ake pamwechete.

³Howl, Heshbon, for spoiled is Ai, Cry, daughters of Rabbah, gird on sackcloth, Lament, and go to and fro by the hedges, For Malcam into captivity doth go, His priests and his princes together.

⁴Unozvirumbidzireiko pamusoro pamipata, pamusoro pomupata wako unoyerera, iwe mukunda wokudzokera shure, iwe wokuvimba nefuma yako, uchiti, Ndianiko ungarwa neni?

⁴What — dost thou boast thyself in valleys? Flowed hath thy valley, O backsliding daughter, Who is trusting in her treasures: Who doth come in unto me?

⁵Tarira, ndichauyisa pamusoro pako kutya vose vanokupoteredza, ndizvo zvinotaura Ishe, Jehovha wehondo; muchachingwa mumwe nomumwe ipo paakatarira, hakuna ungazounganidza vanodzungaira.

⁵Lo, I am bringing in upon thee a fear, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah of Hosts, From all round about thee, And ye have been driven out each before it, And there is no gatherer of the wandering.

⁶Asi pashure ndichadzosa kutapwa kwavana vaAmoni, ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha.

⁶And after this I turn back the captivity of the sons of Ammon, An affirmation of Jehovah.`

⁷Pamusoro paEdhomu. Zvanzi naJehovha wehondo, Ko paTemani hapachina huchenjeri here? Mano arova kuna vakangwara here? Huchenjeri hwavo hwanyangarika here?

⁷Concerning Edom: `Thus said Jehovah of Hosts: Is wisdom no more in Teman? Perished hath counsel from the intelligent? Vanished hath their wisdom?

⁸Tizai, mudzoke, garai makadzika, imwi mugere paDhedhani; nekuti ndichauyisa njodzi yaEsau pamusoro pake nenguva yandichamurova nayo.

⁸Flee, turn, go deep to dwell, ye inhabitants of Dedan, For the calamity of Esau I brought in upon him, The time I inspected him.

⁹Kana vakohwi vemizambiringa vakasvika kwauri, havangasii mamwe mazambiringa angazokohiwa here? Kana mbavha dzikasvika vusiku havangaparadzi kusvikira varingamwa here?

⁹If gatherers have come in to thee, They do not leave gleanings, If thieves in the night, They have destroyed their sufficiency!

¹⁰Ndakafukura Esau, ndazarura nzvimbo dzake dzakavanda, haangagoni kuvanda; vana vake vaparadzwa, nehama dzake nowokwake; iye haachipo.

¹⁰For I — I have made Esau bare, I have uncovered his secret places, And to be hidden he is not able, Spoiled [is] his seed, and his brethren, And his neighbours, and he is not.

¹¹Siya nherera dzako, ini ndichadziraramisa, chirikadzi dzako ngadzivimbe neni.

¹¹Leave thine orphans — I do keep alive, And thy widows — on Me trust ye,

¹²nekuti zvanzi naJehovha, Tarirai, vakanga vasina kufanira kumwa pamukombe, vachamwa zvirokwazvo; ko zvino iwe ndiwe ucharegwa chose usingarohwi here? Haungaregwi usingarohwi, asi uchamwa zvirokwazvo.

¹²For thus said Jehovah: They whose judgment is not to drink of the cup, Do certainly drink, And thou [art] he that is entirely acquitted! Thou art not acquitted, for thou certainly drinkest.

¹³nekuti ndakapika neni ndimene, ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha kuti Bhozira richaitwa chishamiso nechinoshoorwa, nedongo rechinotukwa; maguta aro ose achava matongo nokusingaperi.

¹³For, by Myself, I have sworn, An affirmation of Jehovah, That for a desolation, for a reproach, For a waste, and for a reviling — is Bozrah, And all her cities are for wastes age-during.

¹⁴Ndakanzwa mashoko anobva kuna Jehovha, nhume yakatumwa pakati pamarudzi, ichiti, Unganai, muuye kuzorwa naro, musimukire kurwa.

¹⁴A report I have heard from Jehovah, And an ambassador among nations is sent, Gather yourselves and come in against her, And rise ye for battle.

¹⁵nekuti tarirai, ndakakuita muduku pakati pamarudzi, nounozvidzwa pakati pavanhu.

¹⁵For, lo, little I have made thee among nations, Despised among men.

¹⁶Kana kuri kutyisa kwako, kuzvikudza komoyo wako kwakakunyengera, iwe ugere mumikaha yedombo, unozvisimbisa pakakwirira pazvikomo; kunyange ukavaka dendere rako pakakwirira segondo, ndichakubvisapo, ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha.

¹⁶Thy terribleness hath lifted thee up, The pride of thy heart, O dweller in clefts of the rock, Holding the high place of the height, For thou makest high as an eagle thy nest, From thence I bring thee down, An affirmation of Jehovah.

¹⁷Edhomu vachaitwa chishamiso, mumwe nomumwe unopfuura napo uchashamiswa, ucharidza muridzo pamusoro pamatambudziko avo ose.

¹⁷And Edom hath been for a desolation, Every passer by her is astonished, And doth hiss because of all her plagues.

¹⁸Sapakutsindikirwa kweSodhoma neGomora namamwe maguta akanga ari pedo hakuna munhu uchagar amo , hakuna Mwanakomana womunhu uchavamo ari mutorwa.

¹⁸As the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, And its neighbours, said Jehovah, No one doth dwell there, Nor sojourn in her doth a son of man.

¹⁹Tarirai, uchauya seshumba achibva mumatenhere aJoridhani kuzorwa nohugaro hwakasimba; nekuti ndichavatizisapo pakarepo; wakatsaurwa ndiye wandichagadzapo; nekuti ndiani wakafanana neni? Ndiani uchanditarira nguva? Mufudzi ungamira pamberi pangu ndiani?

¹⁹Lo, as a lion he cometh up, Because of the rising of the Jordan, Unto the enduring habitation, But I cause to rest, I cause him to run from off her, And who is chosen? concerning her I lay a charge, For who is like Me? and who conveneth Me? And who [is] this shepherd who standeth before Me?

²⁰Naizvozvo chinzwai chirevo chaJehovha chaakatema pamusoro paEdhomu, nemifungo yake yaakafunga pamusoro pavagere paTemani. Zvirokwazvo vachavakwekweredza, ivo vaduku vamapoka avo; zvirokwazvo mafuro avo achashamiswa pamusoro pavo.

²⁰Therefore, hear ye the counsel of Jehovah, That He hath counselled concerning Edom, And His devices that He hath devised Concerning the inhabitants of Teman: Drag them out do not little ones of the flock, Make desolate over them doth he not their habitation?

²¹Nyika inodedera nokuda komubvumo wokuwira kwavo pasi; kuchema kuripo kunonzwika kusvikira kuGungwa Dzvuku.

²¹From the noise of their fall hath the earth shaken, The cry — at the sea of Suph is its voice heard.

²²Tarirai, uchakwira achibhururuka segondo, uchatambanudzira mapapiro ake kuzorwa neBhozira, nezuva iro moyo yemhare dzaEdhomu ichaita somoyo womukadzi pakurwadziwa kwake.

²²Lo, as an eagle he cometh up, and flieth, And he spreadeth his wings over Bozrah, And the heart of the mighty of Edom hath been in that day, As the heart of a distressed woman!`

²³Pamusoro peDhamasiko. Hamati ranyadziswa, neAripadhi, nekuti akanzwa mashoko akaipa, akanyauka; kutambudzika kuripo pagungwa, harigoni kuzorora.

²³Concerning Damascus: Ashamed hath been Hamath and Arpad, For an evil report they have heard, They have been melted, in the sea [is] sorrow, To be quiet it is not able.

²⁴Dhamasiko rapera simba, rakatendeukira kutiza, rakabatwa nokudedera; rakabatwa nokurwadziwa nokuchema somukadzi unosurumuka.

²⁴Feeble hath been Damascus, She turned to flee, and fear strengthened her, Distress and pangs have seized her, as a travailing woman.

²⁵Haiwa, guta rairumbidzwa rakasiiwa sei, iro guta romufaro wangu?

²⁵How is it not left — the city of praise, The city of my joy!

²⁶Naizvozvo majaya aro achawira pasi munzira dzaro, varwi vose vachanyarara nezuva iro ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha wehondo.

²⁶Therefore fall do her young men in her broad places, And all the men of war are cut off in that day, An affirmation of Jehovah of Hosts.

²⁷Ndichabatidza moto murusvingo rweDhamasiko, uchaparadza dzimba dzoushe dzaBhenihadhadhi.

²⁷And I have kindled a fire against the wall of Damascus, And it consumed palaces of Ben-Hadad!`

²⁸Pamusoro paKedhari napamusoro poushe bweHazori hwakakundwa naNebhukadhirezari mambo weBhabhironi. Zvanzi naJehovha, Simukai, muende kuna Kedhari, mundoparadza vanhu vokumabvazuva.

²⁸Concerning Kedar, and concerning the kingdoms of Hazor, that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath smitten: `Thus said Jehovah: Arise ye, go ye up unto Kedar, And spoil the sons of the east.

²⁹Vachatora matende avo namapoka avo amakwai, vachazvitorera micheka yavo inoremberedzwa, nemidziyo yavo yose, namakamera avo vachienda nazvo; vachadanidzira kwavari, vachiti, Zvinotyisa zviripo kumativi ose!

²⁹Their tents and their flock they do take, Their curtains, and all their vessels, And their camels, they bear away for themselves, And they called concerning them, Fear [is] round about.

³⁰Tizai, endai kure, garai makadzika, imwi vagere Hazori, ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha; nekuti Nebhukadhirezari mambo weBhabhironi wakarangana pamusoro penyu, wakakufungirai mano akaipa.

³⁰Flee, bemoan mightily, go deep to dwell, Ye inhabitants of Hazor — an affirmation of Jehovah, For given counsel against you hath Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, Yea, he deviseth against them a device.

³¹Simukai, muende kundorwa norudzi rwakazorora, runogara rusina hanya, ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha; rusina masuwo kana zvipfigiso, runogara rwoga.

³¹Rise ye, go up unto a nation at rest, Dwelling confidently, an affirmation of Jehovah, It hath no two-leaved doors nor bar, Alone they do dwell.

³²Makamera avo achatapwa nezvipfuwo zvavo zvizhinji zvichapambwa; ndichavaparadzira kumativi ose kunobva mhepo, ivo vakaveurwa mativi evhudzi ravo, ndichavauyisira njodzi yavo ichibva kumativi ose ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha.

³²And their camels have been for a prey, And the multitude of their cattle for a spoil, And I have scattered them to every wind, Who cut off the corner [of the beard], And from all its passages I bring in their calamity, An affirmation of Jehovah.

³³Hazori huchava hugaro hwamakava, nedongo nokusingaperi; hakuna munhu ungagaramo, hakuna mwanakomana womunhu uchavamo ari mutorwa.

³³And Hazor hath been for a habitation of dragons, A desolation — unto the age, No one doth dwell there, nor sojourn in it doth a son of man!`

³⁴Shoko raJehovha, rakasvika kumuporofita Jeremiya pamusoro paEramu, pakutanga kokubata ushe kwaZedhekia mambo waJudha, richiti,

³⁴That which hath been the word of Jehovah unto Jeremiah the prophet concerning Elam, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying:

³⁵Zvanzi naJehovha wehondo, Tarirai, ndichavhuna huta hwaEramu, icho chinhu chikuru chesimba ravo.

³⁵`Thus said Jehovah of Hosts: Lo, I am breaking the bow of Elam, The beginning of their might.

³⁶Ndichauyisira pamusoro paEramu mhepo ina dzichibva kumativi mana okudenga, ndichavaparadzira kumativi iwo mana kunobva mhepo; hakungavi norudzi rumwe kusingasviki ivo vakadzingwa vaEramu.

³⁶And I have brought in to Elam four winds, From the four ends of the heavens, And have scattered them to all these winds, And there is no nation whither outcasts of Elam come not in.

³⁷Ndichavhundusa Eramu pamberi pavavengi vavo napamberi pavanotsvaka kuvauraya; ndichauyisa zvakaipa pamusoro pavo, iko kutsamwa kwangu kukuru, ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha; ndichatuma munondo uvateverere kusvikira ndavapedza.

³⁷And I have affrighted Elam before their enemies, And before those seeking their life, And I have brought in against them evil, The heat of Mine anger, An affirmation of Jehovah, And I have sent after them the sword, Till I have consumed them;

³⁸Ndichaisa chigaro changu choushe maEramu, ndiparadze mambo namachinda vabvepo ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha.

³⁸And I have set My throne in Elam, And I have destroyed thence King and princes — an affirmation of Jehovah.

³⁹Asi namazuva okupedzisira ndichadzosazve kutapwa kwaEramu, ndizvo zvinotaura Jehovha.

³⁹And it hath come to pass, in the latter end of the days, I turn back [to] the captivity of Elam, An affirmation of Jehovah!`